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Fliers Face a Brutal Summer

Fliers sick of the delays and cancellations that have characterized travel this winter won't get much of a reprieve as the weather warms: Summer travel is likely to be even more of a hassle.

The winter woes, with travelers sometimes stuck on planes for hours or stranded at airports for days, exposed a serious shortcoming of today's leaner network airlines: When bad weather hits, they have less capacity to recover. That will likely mean more problems this summer when storms force slowdowns and cancellations.